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World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics STEPHEN BULL ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE NOON © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com &MJUFt World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics STEPHEN BULL ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE NOON Series editor Martin Windrow © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 5IFIJTUPSJDBMCBDLHSPVOE. (FSNBOQSFQBSBUJPOTQSFXBS. 5IFQBSBNFUFSTPGDPNCBUDMJNBUFBOE UFSSBJOoEJGGFSFOUUZQFTPGDPME EJGGFSFOUUZQFTPGTOPX.5IFFGGFDUTPGXJOE ‘MOTTI’ TACTICS: FINLAND, 1939–40 9 3FDPOOBJTTBODF BOETUPQQJOH."UUBDLJOH BOEDVUUJOH. *TPMBUJPO BOEBOOJIJMBUJPO. Opportunism BOEQMBOOJOH.5IFWBMVFBOEMJNJUBUJPOTPGTLJT THE WESTERN ALLIES IN NORWAY, 1940 18 *OUFSWFOUJPOJO'JOMBOEQMBOOFE +BOVBSZ'FCSVBSZ./PSXBZ "QSJMo+VOF. The British & US response THE SOVIET TACTICAL RESPONSE: COMBAT IN WINTER (1941) 23 .PWFNFOU.%JHHJOHJO.$PODFBMNFOU."OUJUBOLEFGFODF.1BUSPMMJOH. Route preparation . The BUUBDL.5IFEFGFODF. Study of War Experience "VUVNO DISASTER ON THE OSTFRONT, 1941/42 34 )JUMFSTPWFSDPOGJEFODF.&NFSHFODZDMPUIJOHoA8JOUFS'SJU[ . Taschenbuch für den Winterkrieg Morale . The rasputitsa .4OPXDPOEJUJPOToUBDUJDBMMFTTPOT..PWFNFOUPSJFOUBUJPO.$MFBSJOH routes . 3BJMXBZT.$MPUIJOHoQBEEJOHDBNPVGMBHF.&RVJQNFOU.4IFMUFSTGPPE GERMAN SKI TRAINING & TACTICS, 1942–44 47 4LJUSBJOJOH. 5BDUJDBMPSHBOJ[BUJPOBOENPWFNFOU.5IFGJSFGJHIU TECHNIQUES PERFECTED, 1943–45 52 Great Britain: Operations in Snow and Mountain Warfare . German Mountain Warfare (US BQQSFDJBUJPO CONCLUSIONS 60 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 63 INDEX 64 © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com WORLD WAR II WINTER AND MOUNTAIN WARFARE TACTICS INTRODUCTION ‘Troops who are to be organized into a march column should be kept in motion during severe cold… In deep snow, severe cold, and strong wind, the front ranks marching against the wind must be relieved frequently. Horsemen must usually dismount and proceed on foot… Regulations on wearing the uniform, or special measures for protection against cold, must be revised and adapted to local conditions… Guards must be detailed to wake up all the men individually to prevent them from freezing’. One might be forgiven for assuming that these are orders from Napoleon’s 1812 retreat from Moscow. In fact this is a quotation from Taschenbuch für den Winterkrieg, the ‘Pocketbook for Winter Warfare’, published in August 1942. By that date the German Army had realized that their war in the East might last for several more demoralizing winters, and that all troops, not just specialists, must be physically, mentally and morally prepared for the ordeal. New tactics and equipment were vital – as was reversion to methods long since learned, but frequently forgotten. This study is not a campaign history; nor do we cover here the basics of infantry tactics (these being addressed in Elite Nos.105 and 122).1 Our focus here is techniques employed in particular climatic and geographic conditions – cold, and mountainous terrain (which are not always the same thing) – and their impact on combat. Although we cover only the major combatant armies and European theatres, there is ample subject-matter, since mountain and winter combat operations were surprisingly prevalent between 1939 and 1945. Such actions took place all along the Eastern Front at various times, but there were also prolonged struggles in Italy, the Balkans and Scandinavia. Even in the West there were battles in the mountains of France and the winter snows of the Ardennes. In this total war, the ‘campaigning seasons’ of old went unacknowledged; both the enemy, and nature, had to be confronted the whole year round. In learning how to do so, it was natural that mass armies initially drew upon both foreign experience, and (if they had any) upon the specialists serving in their mountain units. 1 See ELI 105, World War II Infantry Tactics: Squad & Platoon; and ELI 122, World War II Infantry Tactics: Company & Battalion 4 © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com It may not be widely realized that skis were used by medieval Norwegian soldiers in the 13th century; formal military ski training existed by the 17th century, and light artillery on sleds was a feature of Norwegian armies soon afterwards. The French formed specialized battalions of Chasseurs 1SFXBSQPTFEQPSUSBJUPGBTVO Alpins in the 19th century, and in 1891 Russian ski troops set an almost UBOOFE(FSNBOTPMEJFSPGPOF incredible ten-day endurance record over a distance of 1,115 miles. Britain PGUIFTQFDJBMJTUNPVOUBJOVOJUT gleaned experience through long-term exposure to winter conditions in SFDSVJUFENPTUMZJO#BWBSJBBOE Canada and during Polar and Himalayan exploration, and established a "VTUSJBUIFSFEMJOFTPOIJT DPMMBSLitzenTFFNUPJEFOUJGZ mountain warfare school in India as early as 1916 to support operations on UIF(FCJSHTBSUJMMFSJFCSBODI)F the North-West Frontier (today’s Pakistan/Afghanistan border country). XFBSTUIFTIPSUWJTPSFE During World War I Austrian, German, Italian and French ski and mountain Gebirgsmütze NPVOUBJODBQ units saw action in the Alps and the Balkans, supported by mountain artillery XJUIUIFQSJ[FE&EFMXFJTT CBEHFPGUIF.PVOUBJO5SPPQT and other specialists. QJOOFEPOUIFMFGUTJEF BOEB Though military spending dwindled during the 1920s, the Norwegians QBJSPGSchneebrille tinted formed a winter warfare school under Maj Finn Qvale in 1923. Although HPHHMFTUPQSPUFDUBHBJOTU basic Norwegian Army uniform remained substantially unaltered, garments ATOPXCMJOEOFTTOPUFUPPIJT NPVOUBJOSVDLTBDL5IF of sheep- and reindeer-skin, and specialist equipments inspired by the Sami XFBQPOJTUIF.(MJHIU people of the Arctic and other civilian models, were used at this school. NBDIJOFHVO GFEGSPN By the 1930s the school yearbook featured illustrations of lightweight sleds, SPVOEEFUBDIBCMFCPY carts with skis fitted to wheels, standard-pattern snowshoes for horses, and NBHB[JOFTCZUIFPVUCSFBLPG machine-gun base plates to spread weight over soft snow. XBSJUIBECFFOSFQMBDFEJO CPUIMJOFJOGBOUSZBOENPVOUBJO This was also the era of romantic ‘mountain movies’ – the Bergfilm – and VOJUTXJUIUIFTVQFSJPSHFOFSBM of the commercial exploitation of skiing and mountaineering as leisure QVSQPTF.( activities for the rich and adventurous. The Winter Olympics undoubtedly played its part in popularizing mountain sports: ‘Nordic’ cross-country skiing was introduced at Chamonix in 1924, as was a ‘military patrol’ event of skiing and shooting, later renamed ‘biathlon’. At the Bavarian Garmisch- Partenkirchen games, opened by Hitler in 1936, ‘Alpine’ skiing, downhill and slalom, appeared for the first time. Whilst Norway was the top medal-winning nation, the host country took gold for Alpine skiing (and, remarkably, Britain beat Canada in the ice hockey). In the field of mountaineering, the invention of synthetic fibres in the 1930s led to a new generation of ropes with superior qualities to traditional hemp. German preparations New German tactical foundations were laid in 1935 with the publication of provisional training instructions for mountain troops. These recognized the special issues of © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com 8àSUUFNCFSHNPVOUBJO HVOOFSTQIPUPHSBQIFEBU -VEXJHTCVSHBUUIFFOEPG 8PSME8BS*5IFHVOJTB XPPEFOXIFFMFEDN (FCJSHTLBOPOFTJNJMBS QJFDFTXFSFTUJMMJOTFSWJDFJO 8PSME8BS**BMPOHTJEFNPSF NPEFSOXFBQPOT5IFDSFX XFBSski-LitewkaKBDLFUT NPVOUBJOCPPUTXJUIIJHI TUSBQQFEHBJUFST BOENPVOUBJO DBQTUIFNBOBUGSPOUDFOUSF DBSSJFTB.BVTFS$TFNJ BVUPNBUJDQJTUPMJOJUTEJTUJODUJWF XPPEFOIPMTUFSTUPDL command, wide fronts and scattered engagements demonstrated in World War I. They also foresaw a significant role for small bodies of trained men in impeding, channelling and harassing enemy main forces, sapping their strength and forcing them to fight at disadvantage. In the offensive, mountain troops would secure the advance, and in defence they would deny valleys to 0CFSMFVUOBOU#SBVOPG the enemy by gaining control of heights. Usually the mountain infantry ,PNQBOJF (FCJSHTKÊHFS battalion would be the largest tactical unit employed for independent 3FHJNFOU XIPXBTDBQUBJO PGUIFAPóDFSTSFDPOOBJTTBODF missions, with an emphasis on the support of machine guns, mortars, and QBUSPMUFBNJOUIF"SNZ4LJ light artillery, since much terrain would be inaccessible to tanks and other $IBNQJPOTIJQT/PUFUIF vehicles. The battalion commander would have to exploit routes by combat SFMBUJWFMZMPOH OBSSPXTLJT reconnaissance, moving where possible under cover or by night, and deploy QSFGFSSFECZBOFYQFSUJO his heavy weapons profitably. Ideally, he would hold reserves near elevations DSPTTDPVOUSZXPSL DPNQBSFE XJUIUIFCSPBEFSJTTVFTLJT and crests ready to attack downhill, and be prepared to pursue aggressively, JMMVTUSBUFEPOQBHF often without artillery support. Squad leaders would have to take considerable responsibility, often advancing through pathless terrain in single file, and at considerable extension so as to avoid ‘accordion movements’ and forced changes of pace within the column. In many situations the Gruppe (squad or section) would have to furnish their own support by the overhead or flanking fire of their light machine gun. Surprise was desirable, but it was also recognized that difficult climbs were not possible under effective enemy fire. Confirmation of a revival of the German mountain troops arm came in April 1938 with the formation of 1.Gebirgs Division at Garmisch-Partenkirchen under GenMaj Ludwig Kübler, achieved by the expansion and reorganization of the existing mountain brigade. Germany’s annexation of Austria that same year allowed the creation of a 2nd Mountain Division at Innsbruck, and a 3rd at Graz,
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